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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Deyne, n. [ME. deyne (a 1400), e.m.E. daine.] Disdain, scorn. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 28.
To luke on me he thocht greit deyne, Thocht I wes wo I durst nocht pleyne
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